CHINESE inland region of Ningxia has received the task assigned by the Lanzhou Railway Administration to achieve an annual rail cargo movement of 43 million tonnes by the end of this year, Xinhua reported.

The target is nine million tonnes, or 26.5 per cent more than last year's targeted volume, and 2.3 million tonnes, or 5.7 per cent, more than last year's actually achieved volume.

Respective targets for different kinds of cargo are: coal, 31.4 million tonnes, 8.2 million tonnes, or 35.4 per cent more than last year; petroleum, five million tonnes, 200,000 tonnes, or 4.2 per cent more than last year; grain, 580,000 tonnes, nine million tonnes or 18.4 per cent more than last year; chemical fertiliser, 1.6 million tonnes, 290,000 tonnes or 22.1 per cent more than last year; other commodities, 4.5 million tonnes or 5.2 per cent more than last year.

Source: www.schednet.com